I watched this show "American Eunich" today and it seems to be a recurring theme in my life these days. I seem to be drawn to and have a great deal of interest and compassion for those that are transgendered. Personally I'm very happy being a woman so it has nothing about my own personal calling.
I must say that the thought of dating a transexual was a bit scary when I first thought about it. But not in the way that you would think. It was more like when I was still a virgin and thought that sex would be scary because I was worried I wouldn't know what to do or that I wouldn't be able to do it "right".
So here I am thinking that I've always known that I'm bisexual and that I am capable of loving both sexes. I've always known that I could love someone regardless of their beauty or lack thereof as well. I just never realized that it included the capacity to love those that are transexual.
I wonder if it's a general sense that our society is going through. If there is a larger picture and a growing acceptance of people for who or what they feel that they are regardless of what they were born into. Maybe it's not. Maybe it's still as fucked as it has been for ages but I don't know.
I just know that we as beings are born into this world into vessels that we have no control over. We are who we are and our lives are shaped in part by our appearances and genders, but that the true essence of ourselves cannot be defined by what we look like. I could've been born with a myriad of physical deformities and I would think I'd be the same person... but who knows. I also could've been born a man and I feel I'd still be me.
Does everyone else feel this way?
I must say that the thought of dating a transexual was a bit scary when I first thought about it. But not in the way that you would think. It was more like when I was still a virgin and thought that sex would be scary because I was worried I wouldn't know what to do or that I wouldn't be able to do it "right".
So here I am thinking that I've always known that I'm bisexual and that I am capable of loving both sexes. I've always known that I could love someone regardless of their beauty or lack thereof as well. I just never realized that it included the capacity to love those that are transexual.
I wonder if it's a general sense that our society is going through. If there is a larger picture and a growing acceptance of people for who or what they feel that they are regardless of what they were born into. Maybe it's not. Maybe it's still as fucked as it has been for ages but I don't know.
I just know that we as beings are born into this world into vessels that we have no control over. We are who we are and our lives are shaped in part by our appearances and genders, but that the true essence of ourselves cannot be defined by what we look like. I could've been born with a myriad of physical deformities and I would think I'd be the same person... but who knows. I also could've been born a man and I feel I'd still be me.
Does everyone else feel this way?
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I remember seeing a Baptist preacher helping a guy "repress the evil urges" of his not-so-latent homosexuality, and thinking that it was an excersize in futility. The man was gay, and had conformed to the standards of his family and society. Sad really, becuase he wasn't bi, just stuck.
I do think that it is easier for a woman to be bi-sexual, more so than for a man. Primarily because the form of a woman is beauty itself; soft edges, lithe and delicate. Men are hard, boney, ugly. That is, of course, my hetero view. I think that your point is well made.
Anyway, have a great week.